Loogootee hasn't had much luck against Castle recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Loogootee Lions will head out to challenge the Castle Knights at 9:00 a.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Loogootee took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Washington out 3-2.
Loogootee took Washington into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-11, 22-25, 22-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Castle came tearing into Thursday's match with seven straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Colonels as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Castle was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-7, 25-10.
Castle can attribute much of their success to Caroline Kenworthy, who had ten digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Kenworthy a new career-high in aces.
Castle couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 41.1% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 28.7% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 42.6%.
Loogootee's record is now 15-5. As for Castle, their victory was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 24-3.
Loogootee came up short against Castle in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Loogootee avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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